Tips to Transition Time and/or Place

• Mention the time, day, or date
• Name the place
• Describe the place
• Describe the event
• Show the character doing something readers already know the character would be doing at a set time and/or particular place.
• Use transitional words and/or Phrases that Signal Time
  • Later that day, week, or month
  • The next day
  • Two weeks later
  • After dinner
  • The next time she saw him
• Use transitional words and/or Phrases that Shift Location
  • Farther down Main Street
  • He traveled to
  • The car moved through traffic
  • When they reached
  • In the library

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